Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2023 (Orbimed Royalty & Credit Opportunities IV, LP).
Term ends Mar 3, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 28, 2039
Held by Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.
Filed Apr 20, 2020 as application 16/853,620 · Granted Dec 28, 2021
Base term plus 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Feb 28, 2019
Feb 28, 2019
Term ends
Mar 3, 2039
Mar 3, 2039
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Dec 28, 2021
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
3
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 3 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 28, 2019, when application 16/289,422, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 20, 2020) | Feb 28, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +3 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 3, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 3, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,481,579 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2019/053746 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,156,982 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/029022 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,209,795 | this patent Mar 2039 | Mar 2039 |
| US 11,675,330 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 11,703,824 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| Application 18/333,016 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2020 Reel 52891, frame 303 | Putman, Matthew C.; Pinskiy, Vadim; Kim, Eun-sol; Andrew, Sundstrom | Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2023 Reel 65726, frame 1 | Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.; Nanotronics Health LLC; Cubefabs Inc. | Orbimed Royalty & Credit Opportunities IV, LP | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2039
Term ends Mar 3, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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